Tire-trunk.



H. COHEN.

TIRE TRUNK.

APPLIUATION FILED 00T. 12, 1909.

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H. COHEN..

TIRE TRUNK.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.12, 1909.

Patented Apr. 5, 1910.

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Specification of Letters atent. E'gfiygq Api, 55 f, Application filed Gctober l2, 1969. Serial No. 522,257.

The casing u is provided with a bead formed over a wire stitliener 7), inwardly directed, in the position of the opening in the trunk, and. at a. predetermined point the casing is cut away to form a recess b2 and, adjacent the middle of the trunk, I secure a still? ener band if .having a stop o* thereon, at each side oil the trunk.

Arranged within the flange a are two spring plates c and c2 secured to the cover by means oli' angles c3 and overlapping each other at the top ot' the trunk, the opposite ends extending into the casing and being provided with recesses c'L in the position of the stops U1, and each of the plates c and have an opening therein where they overlap, as shown at 05 and c, said openings, however, not being in register with each other.

Above the openings c5 and c and secured in the tlanee at is a post Z having an operating key d thereon and carrying, also, two reversely arranged, eccentric, disks, Z3 and (Z4 in the openings c5 and c6, respectively, whereby, when the key is operated to rotate the post (Z, the disks d3 and Clt act against the sides of the openings c5 and c and the plates c and c2 are moved correspondingly.

Normally, the spring plates c and '2 are in the positions shown in Fig. 3, or relaxed, whereby a substantial space exists between the same and the flange a sufficient to admit the bead when the cover is being closed but, when said cover is closed and the key (Z2 is operated, the spring plates c and c2 are forced outwardly into the positions shown in F l and 4f, whereby they pass hack of the bead and against the casing a, thus To all whom it may concer/rt:

Re it known that HYMJAN Conan, a subject et the Emperor of Russia, and residing at New `York, in the county ot' Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tire- Trunks, ot which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and This invention relates to receptacles, particularly to tire trunks used upon automobiles and the like, and the object-thereoil is to provide such a trunk which is adapted to be contained within a tire carried by an automobile in a vertical position, usually.

A. further object is to provide such a trunk which is adapted to be Opened tor but a portion of its surface, whereby articles contained therein will not fall therefrom when the trunk is open.

A further object is to provide positive locking means for the cover of said trunk which render the trunk substantial-ly water and dust proof; a further object being to provide such locking means which are perable by means of a key arranged at a certain point; and a further object being to provide such a trunk which is simple in construction and use, which is well adapted for the purpose for which is it intended, and which is comparatively inexpensivea My invention is fully described in the :tollowing specilication, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts are designated by the same reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure l is a front elevation of a trunk constructed according to my invention, partially broken away on the line 1 1 of Fig. d; Fig. 2 is a sectional view thereof, on the line 2 2 of Fig. 3, in an open position; Fig. 3 is a top plan View of my trunk open; Fig. e is a central section of Fig. l; and Fig. 5 is a fragmentary View of a detailA of the construction.

ln t-he drawings forming a part of this l application it have shown a trunk comprisl other words, locking the same, the plates c and c2 being removed sutliciently from the face of the cover to permit the bead to pass therebetween, and in this way a substantially water and dust proof closure is produced, and a reversal of the key operation opens the trunk as will be seen.

lt will thus be seen that l provide a positive lock for the trunk operable by means of a key in a fixed position and, it desired, l may make the key removable and employ a. system of tumblers in connection with the eccentric disks whereby the trunk cannot. be opened by a key other than the proper one, and various other changes in and modications of the form of construction shown and described may be made within the scope of ing a substantially circular casing a having a solid back a2 and front consisting et a hinged thereto at 0,5, said cover being provided with a flange a6 held by means of metal angles a" er in any other desired manner. l

preventing the cover from opening or, in

the following claims, within the spirit of my invention and without sacrificing the advantages thereof.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A trunk, comprising a casing, a cover therefor, two oppositely directed spring plates secured to said cover and overlapping each other, and means for operating said plates to engage said casing to loch said cover thereto.

2. A trunk, comprising a casing, a` cover hinged thereto, two spring plates secured to said cover adjacent the hinge thereof, and the ends of which overlap centrally of said cover, and a key for operating said plates at their overlapping` ends to force the same into engagement with said casing to lock the cover thereto.

3. A trunk,

comprising a casing, a cover hinged thereto, two spring plates secured to said cover adjacent the hinge thereof and the ends of which overlap centrally of said cover, a key, and an eccentric disk for each of said plates secured to said key for operating said plates to lock said cover.

et. A trunk, comprising a casing, a cover therefor, two oppositely directed spring plates secured to said cover and overlapping each other, the outer ends being extended into said casing, means for limiting the movement of said outer ends and thereby of said cover, and means for operating said plates to engage said casing to lock the cover thereto.

ln testimony that l claim the foregoing my invention l` have signed my name in presence of the subscribing witnesses this Sth day of October 1909.

HYMAN COHEN.

lVitnesses GEORGE F. BENTLEY, J. C. LARSEN. 

